NYC hotel rooms are averaging over $300 a night as many hotels exclusively house migrants, reducing supply during a tourism boom

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Owners and managers at some Washington Subway stores kept $80,000 in staff tips and reduced workers' hours on their timecards, a federal agency says

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Live in DC? Get ready for 20% service charges when you eat out.

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Restaurants and bars in DC will have to state on their menus how the fee will be used.

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Here's what might happen after California raises fast-food wages to $20, from higher burger and pizza prices to better wages for retail workers

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McDonald's thinks it is better place to absorb forced wage increases in California than other chains.

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California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers could make burgers and chicken so expensive that people just buy more groceries instead

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Californian diners may ditch fast food and choose to cook at home instead.

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A Burger King employee who's worked there for 50 years says she loves her job so much she even comes to work when she's sick or in pain

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A restaurant owner claims a job candidate stole money from the tip jar while they were waiting to be interviewed

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A 90-year-old McDonald's employee who works 5 days a week says it keeps her feeling young

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Maxine Anderson has been working at a McDonald's restaurant since 1989.

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A McDonald's cashier who has worked for the company since before the invention of Happy Meals and McNuggets is finally retiring at 84

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An upmarket California restaurant took thousands of dollars in tips from staff to fund business expenses, a federal lawsuit claims

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